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10-21-2013, 10:53 AM | #1 | |
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2001 Dakota 3.9 ECT error P0118
I replaced the passenger side valve cover gasket and had to move the injector cable bundle around. After putting everything back, I started the vehicle and immediately got the engine image and "Check gauges" lights. I checked for the code with on-board display and an external OBD-II reader and got P0118:> "High Voltage" and it will not permanently clear via any method. I went ahead and replaced the ECT, but code still appears, with thermal-meter needle burying itself in the hot zone and that's even with an overnight, absolutely dead-cold start. I checked the two wires for abrasions to short, but found none from the plug, to the crossover bundle. I then separated the two wires from the plug and still got said code. Can anyone out there help me? I'm pulling what little hair I have left out. Remember, the code/condition did not appear until I removed the breather and shifted the injector connections bundle, so I could replace the passenger side valve cover gasket.
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10-23-2013, 10:31 AM | #2 | |
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Re: 2001 Dakota 3.9 ECT error P0118
{Problem solved}
After getting no response for this thread, I decided to wing it. I went to a salvage yard and cut off what looked to be good ECT sensor wires with plug, all the way back to the crossover bundle. I cut my wires just above that point and spliced the replacement on. That did the trick. I can only assume that even though I couldn't see a break in either of the two wires, or plug, one of them must have had a break. Moral of the story; even if you can't see it, things can still be broken. |
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